heart-wrenching

A form of heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.

Meanings

adjectiveheart-wrenching (comparative more heart-wrenching, superlative most heart-wrenching)

comparative more heart-wrenching · superlative most heart-wrenching

  1. alternativeAlternative form of heartwrenching.

    Do not read this heart-wrenching story if you don’t have it in you to control your emotions!

    2021, Ddeepak Arora, When Mornings Sleep, Berlin: Verlag GD Publishing Ltd. & Co KG, →ISBN
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APA

heart-wrenching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-wrenching

MLA

“heart-wrenching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-wrenching. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart-wrenching,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart-wrenching.

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